scrabble
verb (used with object)
to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
scrabbles
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pluralof scrabble.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof scrabble (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
scrabbleverb (used with object)to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
Example Sentences
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When that happens, rather than tell her friends how she feels, she scrabbles around for extra money.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
At the novel’s outset, Ezra scrabbles through his world with honest hunger and understandable, if sometimes pedantic, disdain for those with more than him.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023
So Pluto is doubly fitting for the doppelgänger who ascended from underground and scrabbles around on all fours.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2019
As his wife scrabbles with angry protesters and gripes about her compromised marriage, he is sequestered in the bathroom, represented only by a mordant song that his aide-de-camp sings on his behalf:
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016
In the meantime, Queenie breaks free and scrabbles up the hill.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
